Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 18, 2020

1,404 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $130.50/cwt +21.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,157/hd at 887 lb · 163 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $129.57/cwt +1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $870/hd at 671 lb · 113 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.27/cwt +4.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,037/hd at 790 lb · 69 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,404	1,731	1,251
Feeder cattle	1,260	1,551	984
Slaughter cattle	87	134	165
Replacement cattle	57	46	102

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeders steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cow and bull quality poor to average. Feeder quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	170.00	$170.00	$366	—
267	267	3	165.00	$165.00	$441	+2.50
305–344	334	8	155.00–162.50	$161.03	$538	-4.89
350–395	367	8	151.00–162.50	$155.79	$572	-3.87
370 value added	370	4	170.00	$170.00	$629	—
423 value added	423	16	168.00	$168.00	$711	—
400–440	425	9	143.00–155.00	$147.36	$626	-5.20
455–495	475	4	132.50–147.50	$140.60	$668	-0.57
502–524 value added	510	29	142.50–152.00	$148.83	$759	—
505–549	535	24	131.00–140.00	$136.30	$729	-3.05
578–581 value added	579	21	136.00–139.00	$137.71	$797	+1.71
550–597	580	16	127.50–135.00	$131.09	$760	-1.39
620	620	1	120.00	$120.00	$744	-12.17
600–647	625	10	122.50–132.50	$128.72	$804	-3.45
632 value added	632	3	137.50	$137.50	$869	-5.75
655	655	1	100.00	$100.00	$655	-27.63
660–692 value added	671	98	130.00–131.00	$130.64	$877	+2.64
650–695	675	14	115.00–127.50	$124.16	$838	-3.47
710	710	1	122.50	$122.50	$870	+4.01
723 value added	723	19	122.00	$122.00	$882	—
760–787	776	11	117.50–125.00	$119.51	$927	—
793 value added	793	58	133.50	$133.50	$1,059	+6.74
800	800	2	102.50	$102.50	$820	—
865–875	870	2	102.50–110.00	$106.23	$924	-2.48
880–887 value added	887	161	120.00–131.00	$130.80	$1,160	—
920	920	1	105.00	$105.00	$966	—
970 value added	970	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,067	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	152.50	$152.50	$374	-6.29
270	270	1	162.50	$162.50	$439	+15.13
360–395	381	6	137.50–152.50	$142.99	$545	+0.97
405–420	413	2	132.50–137.50	$134.95	$557	-0.10
480–490	487	3	125.00–132.50	$129.98	$633	+0.01
520–543	538	5	122.50–127.50	$126.03	$678	+5.54
565	565	2	121.00–125.00	$123.00	$695	+3.70
625	625	1	112.00	$112.00	$700	+2.49
650–655	652	3	103.00–112.50	$107.51	$701	-7.44
720–745	733	2	109.00–110.00	$109.51	$803	+2.00
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—
763 value added	763	17	112.00	$112.00	$855	—
875	875	1	95.00	$95.00	$831	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	2	132.50–145.00	$138.62	$510	—
425–445	435	2	122.50–132.50	$127.61	$555	-2.03
485	485	1	122.50	$122.50	$594	-17.50
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	—
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	+15.00
680	680	1	110.00	$110.00	$748	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	147.50	$147.50	$398	+14.21
330–348	344	5	132.50–137.50	$136.54	$470	+2.51
350–395	374	6	124.00–132.50	$130.04	$486	-3.69
393 value added	393	13	140.00	$140.00	$550	—
405 value added	405	8	137.00	$137.00	$555	—
400–425 fancy	410	3	135.00–137.50	$136.47	$560	—
400–445	428	16	118.00–128.00	$124.02	$531	-3.31
450–495	469	14	115.00–129.00	$122.15	$573	+2.15
470 fancy	470	1	132.50	$132.50	$623	—
480–499 value added	490	31	130.00–131.00	$130.44	$639	—
515	515	1	107.50	$107.50	$554	-14.66
505–545	521	33	114.00–125.00	$119.53	$623	+2.53
500–545	523	2	112.50–115.00	$113.80	$595	-3.20
555–595	578	13	110.00–120.00	$115.22	$666	-1.03
574–598 value added	583	13	119.00–120.00	$119.32	$696	—
603–630 value added	612	13	112.00–120.00	$115.67	$708	—
600–645	614	18	102.00–112.50	$109.17	$670	-5.67
605–630	615	3	100.00–101.00	$100.66	$619	-14.18
650–690	672	5	100.00–110.00	$104.23	$700	-8.65
683–696 value added	693	39	108.00–115.00	$113.23	$785	—
711 value added	711	6	109.00	$109.00	$775	—
700–725	713	2	102.50	$102.50	$731	+2.01
755–775	769	8	100.00–110.00	$104.05	$800	—
790 value added	790	17	106.00	$106.00	$837	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–230	225	2	132.50–135.00	$133.72	$301	—
360–370	367	3	122.50–127.50	$124.98	$459	+0.93
400–433	420	5	112.50–115.00	$114.05	$479	-4.44
465–480	473	5	112.50	$112.50	$532	-5.39
505–525	515	2	105.50–112.50	$109.07	$562	-3.22
555–590	577	3	102.50–110.00	$104.91	$605	-6.47
625–645	635	2	92.50–100.00	$96.31	$612	-5.14
705	705	1	102.50	$102.50	$723	+6.31

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	132.50	$132.50	$384	+7.50
340	340	1	122.50	$122.50	$416	±0.00
360–390	371	4	102.50–125.00	$118.11	$438	-1.89
410–445	430	5	110.00–115.00	$112.98	$486	-7.02
455–490	468	3	100.00–110.00	$105.70	$495	-10.76
510–520	513	3	105.00–113.00	$110.18	$565	+3.47
560	560	1	112.50	$112.50	$630	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	112.50	$112.50	$354	—
415	415	1	102.50	$102.50	$425	—
480	480	1	102.50	$102.50	$492	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	143.00	$143.00	$558	—
400–445	424	7	137.50–154.00	$145.89	$619	+3.88
450–485	469	8	130.00–142.50	$134.73	$632	-3.22
505–525	519	7	115.00–122.50	$116.74	$606	-9.28
555–590	573	3	109.00–117.50	$112.09	$642	-5.20
605–615	612	3	104.00–114.00	$110.15	$674	+2.88
695	695	1	107.50	$107.50	$747	+1.58
720	720	1	92.50	$92.50	$666	-12.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–480	469	4	122.50–135.00	$127.50	$598	+8.07
505–540	527	5	110.00–116.00	$113.31	$597	-1.70
560–590	575	2	105.00–110.00	$107.57	$619	-0.82
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	+6.87
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	-2.67

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	+2.50
450	450	1	122.50	$122.50	$551	-2.47
535	535	1	113.00	$113.00	$605	—
585	585	1	95.00	$95.00	$556	-17.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1370	1067	85-90%	13	38.00–47.00	$43.24	$461	—
985–1210	1098	85-90%	2	40.00	$40.00	$439	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1730	1256	80-85%	4	47.00–50.00	$48.28	$606	—
1110–1450	1310	80-85%	11	42.00–47.00	$44.39	$582	-15.25

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1385	1327	75-80%	5	40.00–45.00	$43.30	$575	-1.70
1260–1975	1530	75-80%	4	47.00–51.00	$48.88	$748	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–2020	1613	12	62.00–76.00	$68.77	$1,109	-11.87

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1020–1280	1172	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–900.00	$797.37
1180	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1200–1365	1251	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,000.00	$927.25
1455	1455	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
995–1285	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–800.00	$661.81

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.